Sorry if this was not what you were looking for when you meant “control” - but the common VNC screen sharing service is built into MacOS and works with any VNC client app ever made - but since apple doesn’t make an iOS one, you need a client app.There have always been apps that let you control your TV from an iPhone or iPad, but in my experience, these apps don’t work very well or have limited features - even the official apps from TV manufacturers. At home, the VNC client uses the local machine name (the DDNS server redirect won’t work locally anyway), so if you are using it ONLY locally, then the iOS VNC client app is all you need.
I use a really old iOS VNC client I bought 5+ years ago to login to my iMac and a server, and allows me to control any Mac from anywhere on the planet. The router passes all external traffic through the DMZ+port Forwarding to a single Mac on your network, so that Mac responds to the request coming to the router, letting VNC handshake through the home router. Any computer asking my_account_ web address is given the IP address of your home router by the, which the Mac has been updating every 5 minutes - but crucially, the communication between the devices is done directly and uses your mac’s security protocols. is totally free (for what you need) and donation-only supported. Luckily, these are standard apps, don’t use a proprietary secret system, and can be purchased/used without subscriptions.
,You need a VNC app on your phone and a DDNS app on your Mac. This works without the defunct Bac to My Mac or a DDNS service via the screen sharing options in the Mac iMessage app - so it still works around the world only via iMessage handshaking or locally via the local network device name.īut since iOS is missing a VNC screen viewing app, and iMessage doesn’t let you set up screen sharing - well, it’s broken in 2 ways. So Mac to Mac, you can use VNC and the built in “Screen Sharing” app, an Apple lightweight VNC client. Now you need to configure the DMZ function of your router - an Apple Time capsule used to do that Job via Back to my Mac+iCloud - but apple never making a VNC client for the phone and killing it’s DDNS service means you need to fill in those two gaps with a 3rd party app and a freeware service. There is a missing piece of the puzzle - an Apple iOS VNC client, and for many uses, a DDNS service as well, since “Back to My Mac” was killed by apple a few years ago.Īpple used to offer “Back to my Mac” so you don’t need a Dynamic DNS service - though is free and works well.
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